Shrinking Ice, Shrinking Hunting Grounds

Native villagers in northern Canada and the Arctic are receiving visitors they've never seen before. Warmer temperatures and warmer waters have sent animals such as finches, robins and dolphins into places where they have no name. This warmer atmosphere has also meant ice freezes later and thinner, forcing villagers to travel further to hunting grounds they once accessed by ice.

Hunting has also become more dangerous. Less snow has made it difficult to build igloos for shelter and thinning ice has claimed the lives of seasoned hunters. Knowledge that has been passed down for thousands of years about how to survive in these harsh conditions is no longer functional. Many elders refuse to even go out on the ice.

While Americans are responsible for one-fourth of the emissions that scientists attribute to global warming, these simple people who lived off the land for generations are feeling the affects. Everyone needs to do their part to reverse the effects of global warming.